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...Angeles, he wears that city's riots like a crown of thorns, invoking them again and again as proof of his worst fears about America. On Now I Gotta Wet 'Cha, he goes after the white cops in the Rodney King episode: "Those devils can beat up a motorist/ And get nothing but a slap on the wrist/ Gorillas, gorillas/ Report to the mist...
...CHARGES CAME QUICKLY AND HARD: MURder. Manslaughter. And the message was clear: Detroit is not Los Angeles. Criminal charges have been brought against four Detroit police officers in the killing of black motorist Malice Green, allegedly beaten to death by police earlier this month. Two white officers, Larry Nevers and Walter Budzyn, will be tried on second-degree-murder charges and could get life in prison if convicted. Freddie Douglas, a black cop, stands accused of involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum 15-year sentence, and willful neglect of duty, punishable by as much as a year. Officer Robert Lessnau...
Since February more than 150 shootings and rock throwings have been reported by drivers along the 15-mile stretch of highway. Police have confirmed 37 attacks, one death and three injuries. After the American Automobile Association warned motorists to avoid I-295 this month, National Guard troops began patrolling in military vehicles and helicopters. Despite the precautions, three more shootings were reported. Then police got a break. Two teenage gang members were arrested on attempted murder charges in the shooting of a motorist. The troops aren't going home just yet, however. Police believe other gangs may be involved...
...COPS GO, LOS ANGELES POLICE CHIEF DARYL Gates was rough. But he apparently wasn't ready -- at least not last spring, when the city exploded just hours after a jury found four police officers not guilty in the beating of motorist Rodney King. In a report titled "The City in Crisis," an investigative team led by former fbi and cia Director William Webster found there was an absence of any real and workable plan to respond aggressively to the crisis. While the report assigned blame to various members of city government, the lion's share of criticism was leveled against...
...ANGELES--Four police officer acquitted of most state charges in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King surrendered to face federal civil rights charges yesterday...